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Playing Perfect: An Age Gap Sapphic Romance
The office ice queen with too many secrets. The one woman who makes her melt. And the truth that could save them—or destroy them.
After failing her social work exam twice, Ava Gardner’s confidence is hanging by a thread.
Landing a job at the Barnes Foundation feels like a miracle—until she meets her boss.
Fiona is everything Ava isn’ polished, powerful, untouchable.
And yet, behind those sharp heels and colder-than-ice stares, Ava catches glimpses of something else—loneliness. Longing.
To the world, Fiona Barnes is CEO of her family’s elite foundation, Manhattan’s golden girl, engaged to the perfect man.
In truth, her life is a façade—her engagement fake, her desires buried, her every move controlled by her father.
What starts as late nights and stolen smiles turns into something neither woman saw coming. Fiona lets her guard down, and Ava falls—hard.
But their love can’t survive in shadows forever.
When Ava uncovers corruption that could destroy the foundation, both must decide how much they’re willing to risk—for truth, for freedom, and for each other.
This is a standalone spicy F/F age-gap romance novel with a HEA.
After failing her social work exam twice, Ava Gardner’s confidence is hanging by a thread.
Landing a job at the Barnes Foundation feels like a miracle—until she meets her boss.
Fiona is everything Ava isn’ polished, powerful, untouchable.
And yet, behind those sharp heels and colder-than-ice stares, Ava catches glimpses of something else—loneliness. Longing.
To the world, Fiona Barnes is CEO of her family’s elite foundation, Manhattan’s golden girl, engaged to the perfect man.
In truth, her life is a façade—her engagement fake, her desires buried, her every move controlled by her father.
What starts as late nights and stolen smiles turns into something neither woman saw coming. Fiona lets her guard down, and Ava falls—hard.
But their love can’t survive in shadows forever.
When Ava uncovers corruption that could destroy the foundation, both must decide how much they’re willing to risk—for truth, for freedom, and for each other.
This is a standalone spicy F/F age-gap romance novel with a HEA.
273 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 18, 2025
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Alexa Woods
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There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name
for lesbian romance books see Alexa Woods (two spaces)
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November 29, 2025
Feel good, love good, reads great!
Wow! Mystery, deception, loss, love, drama, and
redemption. What more could you want? The characters are believable, the situations realistic, the story endearing. Thank you for a great read.
Wow! Mystery, deception, loss, love, drama, and
redemption. What more could you want? The characters are believable, the situations realistic, the story endearing. Thank you for a great read.
December 8, 2025
Fantastic
ALEXA absolutely amazing I love every single thing. The way you wrote this I couldn't put it down. I look forward to Trapped with Her. Keep up the great sexy writing.
ALEXA absolutely amazing I love every single thing. The way you wrote this I couldn't put it down. I look forward to Trapped with Her. Keep up the great sexy writing.
January 7, 2026
great story
Great story! Kept me wanting to read! Good character arcs. Surprise ending and good age gap romance. I really enjoyed it.
Great story! Kept me wanting to read! Good character arcs. Surprise ending and good age gap romance. I really enjoyed it.
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